Random distribution of "bonus certificates with purchase
73 F.T.C. 1307 · date not parsed · Digest No. 190
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No. 190. Random distribution of "bonus certificates with purchase.
The Commission in an advisory opinion stated that the random inclusion of "bonus c(,ltificates ~' in egg cartons would be violatiye of Section of the Federal Trade Commission Act. The seller proposed to include "bonus certificates " in cartons of ep:gs offered for sale. TIle, certificates were described as being worth " many. eQ' s or $:'5 in cash." They ,yould be l'andom1\' distributed so that som(~ cartons "ould contain eggs plus a bonus certificate of yalue L.L- .,yhi1e others "ould contain eggs onl~' . 01' eggs plus n r('rtificnte of little or no value.
The Collnnissioll "as of the yie,,' that this "ould be merchandising b~' lottery. a practice "llich the Commission has long helel to be llnfair "ithin the llwaning of Section;) of the :Federal Trade Commission ~-\.ct. (File Xo. GS:) 70G;). released Feb. 1(). 196S.